Boot and shoe.



J. E. SMITH.

BOOT AND SHOE. APPLICATION FILED 0612.24, 191s.

1,102,096. Patented June 30', 1914.

boots and sh JOSEPH SMITH, OF ERDENHEIM, PENNSYLVANEA.

BOOT AND SHOE."

Specication i LettersPatent.

Parent-ed June 3o', 1914.

polie-ation filed October 24, IBAS SerialNo. 797,013.

To a/Z whom 'it may concern:

.1 A r l ne xtknown that I, JOSEPH E. Souris, a citizen oi":tlie United-States, residing at Erdenhcini, in Athe county of Montgomery' 5 and Stateoi Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements 1n Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a speciiication. y

My invention relates to improvements 1n and .more particularly to an ient of removable V.vearin the sole and heel and improved ing disks capable or" .vorii'i" A further object isgto provide improved socket pieces located in the outer-sole and in t-lic outer thickness of the heel, and secured belive the-outer and the inner soles and i i a receptacle for a disk holding screwed into the socket and capable removed and replaced when the disk is worn. i1- urthcr lobject is to provide improve ments of this. character which enable the 25 owner of a pair-'of shoes to replace worn disks by new ones, so that he can maintain a good sole on the shoe for an indefinite period, hence overcoming the necessity for having the shoes half soled and heeled, and furto thermore provide improved Wearing disks which prevent slipping and cushion the contactv of the shoe on the ground, embodying tlieadvantages of rubber soles and heels.

lVith these and other objects in view, the

8b 'invention consists in Acertain novel features of construction. and combinations and arrangements of 'parts as will be more fully hereinafterV described and pointed out inthe claims.

ln the accompanying drawings: Figurel 1 is a bottom plan view illustratingone form of my improvements. Fig. 2 is aview in section on an enlarged scale on the' line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the socket members. Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 2 illustrating a modification. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan viewof the modification illustrated in Fig. 4.. Fig. 6 is a view in transverse section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 7 illustrating another modification, and Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of a shoe heel illustrating the modification shown in Fig. 6.-

1 represents a boot or shoe sole and 2 the heel. The outer sole 1 is provided with 56 openings 3 in which socket members 4 are located. These socket members 4. are cylin- 'en'ioved and replaced when (li-ical .in cross section and fit the openings 3. ril`hey are provided at oppositesides with lugs svbich project vbetween thefinsoles 6 and the out-ersoles 1, and have spam 7 at their free .ends projecting atright angles and forced into the outer-.sole 1 as clearly shown in Fig. 2 so that by reason of these spurs vthe socket members yare prevented from rotary movement. The socket members l are internally screwrthreaded as shown at S to receive disk carrying members 9. `These members .9 are .cylindrical in form anderey ternally screw-threaded to mesh`vvith the screwethreads in the socket member 4f. The disk carrying members 9 contgtig disks 110 which are preferably of rubber,-although they may be of any other suitable material. The disks l0 at their outer 'ends are reduced in diameter and project through an internal annular flan-ge 1l at lthe outer end of the member 9. n

By forming the disk of .twovdiameters as above explained, a -shoulder 12 is provided Whichbears against the flange 11 and by reasonof this construction, the disk -is securely confined in the socket. The flange 11 is provided in opposite. sides with notches 1'3- so that the member 9 Will be readily manipulated by a Spanner Wrench in assembling the parts, and by an ordinary screw-driver to remove the member 9 when the ldisk 10 is worn down flush therewith.

It is of course to be understood that the 'disk 9 projects suiiiciently `beyond the surface of the sole to sustain the wear, and I would have it understood that the invention is not limited to any particular number or arrangement of these disks as they may be variously located in the sole and in the heel.

The devices are located in the heel in the same manneras in the sole except, of course, they are located 'in the outer thickness only, as heels often have a number of different thicknesses, While the soles usually have but the two.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 4, the socket member 4 is precisely like the socket member illustrated in connection with 'disk holding member 9 and a rubber or simi lar disk 10, I provide a leather disk 14 Which is cemented or otherwise secured to the outer surface of a disk carrying member 15.

The disk carrying member 15 constitutes a screw-threaded plug which is screwed into the'socket 4, and is provided in its outer sur- A face under the disk 1,4 with a screw-driver cated certain receiving `groove 16 which is exposed When the disk M is Worn down, so that the member l5 may be removed and a .new disk replace the same.

The modification illustrated in Figs.A e-

and 7 is particularly adapted for use in connection with old shoes or shoes manufactured in the ordinary Way. In this modification, I provide metal plates 17 Which are eountersunk in the surface of the shoe and secured by nails or other securing devices 18. These plates 17 have screw-threaded sockets 19 intov Which disk carrying merabers l5 may be screwed. .Q

It is of course to be understoodthat4 any form oi disk may be .employed such as shown in Fig. 2 or Fig'. 4, and .while I have indidesirable materials, l would have it understood that the invention is not limited to the aarticular materials employed, and various slight changes might be mede in the general form and arrangement of parts described Without departing from my invention, and hence l do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

l. A device of the character described, comprising a cylindrical socket member 'having a closed top and internally screw-thread ed throughout its length, a cylindrical invmension of the .iiange at its outer ed cylindrical shape having two portions' oit' :arcanes sert holding .member eirternally screwthreaded throughout its length, and ont the same length as the internal longitudinal di socket member, said insert holdingn member having an internal annular ge, and an insert of larger and smaller diameter, respectively, the larger portion fitting the disk holding member and extending longitudinally from the flange to the bottom of the socket member, the smaller portion of' saidinsert projecting through the flange and beloW-the edge of the socket member, substantially as described@ 2. Il? device of the' comprising a cylindrical-socket member having a closed top and internally screw-thread ed throughout its length, a cylindrical holding member externally throughout its length, and of the4 same length as the internal longitudinal dimension of the socket member, and a ground engaging member, said holding member at its upper end bearing against the up er end of the socket and holding the grounfengaging memb low the socket member, substantially' as described.

In testimony whereof I have name to this specification in the two subscribingr Witnesses.

JOSEPH E. SMITH.

signed my presence of.

lfitncsses:

Comuni Maynas, *Catas E.' Porre.

character described,

screw threaded er in position to project the same be, 

